The Rational Ram

I responded to a Facebook post today with this picture. My response is the body of this post. I think the choice one makes for this hypothetical depends upon where you are in life now, and whether or not you value time over money. If what you want right now is more important than what […]

I had a totally different draft for this post prepared months ago. I decided not to finish the draft and post the piece I originally wrote because my perspective on both life and politics has undergone a bit of a paradigm shift since I created the original draft of this blog post. I was prepared […]

The following was not authored by me, but by an anonymous person and posted on Facebook. It reminded me of something I shared with two of my daughters and my wife on an outing where I uttered an analogy comparing men to work horses and women to show horses, thus the photo that opens this […]

Today’s post is a pithy tribute to the late Fred Rogers of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood fame. This children’s television program aired on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) from 1968 to 2001. Mr. Rogers passed away on 27 February 2003 from stomach cancer at the age of 74. The embedded YouTube video is of Mr. Rogers’ […]

I didn’t always value birthdays. I did briefly as a child, though my humble upbringing tempered my enthusiasm as I grew older. When I reached adulthood and was on my own, birthdays just became another day. Later on, it became a minor annoyance. I didn’t care about nor did I expect any well wishes or […]

Don’t waste your time with someone you are attracted to who isn’t mutually attracted to you. I decided to pivot from commenting on political topics or controversial issues. While I may occasionally delve into such topics in the future, I no longer find any cathartic value or benefit to dedicating my time to such topics. […]

It’s been a while since my last post. I thought I’d share some random thoughts about relationship dynamics. Relationship dynamics are the patterns of behavior between two people that impact how they interact, communicate, and relate (paired.com https://www.paired.com/articles/relationship-dynamics). I hope my readers glean something from my post. -The feminizing of men in modern society affects […]

I preface this blog post by stating up front that the terms “blue state” and “red state” are just another way to label states with populations that are more conservative-minded (red) or liberal-minded (blue) and tend to consistently vote based upon these ideological tendencies (Democratic blue or Republican red). My motivation for writing this post […]

I drafted this post several weeks ago, but didn’t finish the draft until today. The original direction I wanted to take this post in changed in light of the 2024 presidential election and the re-election of Donald Trump to a second, non-consecutive term, only the second time in American history that a president has won […]

Today’s post will not directly address the 2024 presidential election. I’ve posted about politics more than I want to the last couple of posts. However, the election does offer a contrast that I think should help folks understand what “strength” is. The word “strength” gets thrown around a lot during election cycles. Strength has many […]